It was a quiet day at Cutting Edge today with a number of people on holiday but there was still a wonderful array of work to be admired.

Gilly and Sally spent the day together creating and chatting to their hearts content. And by the end of the day Sally had made two bags.

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Corinne was proud of a tea cosy she had knitted – and rightly so!

She showed the group a small wall hanging that she had completed. She painted and stamped the fabric at Dyeing to Paint and then finished it off with hand and machine embroidery.

And Stephanie was working on a piece that she started at Dyeing to Paint

Jaci was on a mission making spec holders – great idea and so practical!

Marie showed a lovely wall hanging and two bibs that she had recently completed.

And Keris was busy doing a red work picture for one of her grand children

Steph, a new visitor to the group showed a beautiful bead bracelet that she had made.

Amanda was busy finishing a hexagon quilt – lovely colours!

And Chric M. seems to have moved on from teddies to bunnies – beautiful!

As well as group members we welcomed 4 visitors to the group. Jaci McQuillan, Caroline Leonard and Amanda Randall made a return visit and we welcomed Steph Smith for the first time. We hope they had an enjoyable day and we look forward to seeing them again soon

At this month’s Cutting Edge session a number of members were busy making a Christmas tree wall hanging ready to hang over the festive season. And whilst everyone was using the same pattern they were all looking very different.

Hillary had reshaped hers from a long rectangle to a square which looked very effective.

Sandra had used green silk and was at the stage of adding her gold diamante which she discovered was quite challenging – and frustating at times – but she persevered and it looks stunning

Chris was busy sewing down the farbric swirls on her tree ….

Chris and Keris

and Liz was adding the diamante

Lesley was a little frustrated that her bondaweb wouldn’t adhere to her fabric – but kept smiling!

By the end of the day there were a few completed trees – fabulous

And, whilst Dilys wasn’t able to join us today she was busy at home completing her tree!

We wish Dilys a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing her at the next meeting

Whilst some were busy ‘doing trees’ others were busy sewing and catching up on the gossip

And, as usual there were some wonderful pieces of work to share at show and tell

Chris had made some fun cushions for grand children using fabric that she had painted at Dyeing to Paint. It was great to see the hand painted fabric being used.

Corinne shared a beautiful embroidered wreath that she had completed

Helen had been to France on a Sheena Norquay course and showed the pieces that she had made there

And Hilary showed everyone a little angel that she had made.

We were pleased to welcome Marie Austin as a new member of the group. Marie was busy making a quilt for her sister.

As ever, a productive day and we look forward to seeing more of the Christmas wallhangings completed in the weeks to come.

Well, Dyeing to Paint today was certainly interesting and productive with a variety of activities going on. Some continued working on last month’s theme of Autumn. Isobelle had started to put together an autumnal wall hanging and was busy making leaves for it.

Monica was on a mission to paint fabric and card for Christmas cards which soon captured other people’s interest

Monica’s card

Keris produced some lovely fabric that we suspect will feature in Christmas cards soon….

Corinne was working along the same lines colouring card and a music sheet

and Liz turned her fabric green!

Liz and Jan also started a craze with the Sissix machine using some of the painted card to cut out stags heads and Christmas trees. Jan was busy cutting out bunting shapes and letters and showed that it was possible to cut out fabric with a small die. Well done Jan.

And Isobelle finished the afternoon off by experimenting with embossing powder to enhance a card design.

So many things going on and so many ideas for the Sissix Day on 19 October! We are going to have so much fun!!!!

We need to think about a washing line for next month though. Our current drying facilities aren’t going to work so well in the winter!

It might have been raining out but it was sunny inside with members managing to work on their latest project whislt having a good chat.

Consequently, there was much to share at Show & Tell

Lesley Anne had made a beautiful sashiko bag from a kit that she bought on a recent trip to the Malvern Quilt Show

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Chris had been making progress on work that she started at Dyeing to Paint and the recent Hilary Beattie workshop. This is a landscape featuring a windmill which she is doing from a photo that she took on holiday. The windmills sails have been created using golden thread paper – and they look amazing!

Chris couldn’t decide what to do with this piece because the flowers weren’t prominent as she had hoped. But, with a little machine embroidery they are beginning to come to life

Fiona showed a lovely little needlecase that she has made for her daughter in Australia

Marie showed the group some quilts that she is making for charity

And she is making this special memory quilt for her mum

Salinder was busy putting a hanging sleeve on this quilt

And had made this wonderful bag

Sylvana had just finished binding this quilt

And Brenda showed a bag that she had made for carrying quilt blocks. Apparently she has one to match every outfit!

Helen is busy finishing this quilt for an exhibition. She only started it 10 years ago and needs to complete it by July – go for it Helen!

Glynis is making this piece of work under the guidance of Virgina Hole

Stephanie shared two pieces of work that she had done and won a prize for at the Malvern Quilt Show

Well done Stephanie – they are beautiful

And Jan wanted to show everyone the little art quilt that she has made from fabrics that she dyed at the Hilary Beattie workshop